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An octopus’s garden in the sea, the world’s densest island, dangers of deep-sea fishing, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: April 23, 2018

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Andrew Thaler

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

The journey is over but the expedition continues. Follow us on Open Explorer for our ongoing adventures in the Mariana Islands.
WHOI is looking for some science communication superstars: Science Writer & Multimedia Producer and Social Media Specialist.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

The Okeanos Foundation for the Sea.

Nuclear Legacy Voyage with Okeanos Marshall Islands.

Why We Created This First-of-Its-Kind Digital Field Journal.

The Levee (A featured project that emerged from Oceandotcomm)

Farting oysters, bombing sea lions, and a new trash island? It must be the Monday Morning Salvage! November 20, 2017

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Andrew Thaler

Fog Horn (A Call to Action)

It’s Native American History Month. Southern Fried Science recognizes that our servers are housed on the occupied land of the Timpanogos people while the majority of our writers live on unceded Powhatan territory. This November, Try Something New: Decolonize Your Mind.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

Boaters stumble on massive Caribbean “gyre” of plastic garbage. “Gyre is in quotes because I’m almost certain that this is debris from the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season, rather than an accumulation of decades of plastic is a circulating ocean current. It’s still shocking to see.

The ARA San Juan, one or Argentina’s two diesel-electric submarines, is missing. Search and rescue is mobilizing and there’s hints that the sailors tried to send out a signal Saturday.
Without a Treaty to Share the Arctic, Greedy Countries Will Destroy It. Cosign.

Irma’s Caribbean devastation, aquaculture, and Okeanos education: Thursday Afternoon Dredging: September 7th, 2017

Posted on September 7, 2017 by David Shiffman

Cuttings (short and sweet):

Watch how goblin sharks feed
Follow the Sawfish Conservation Society on twitter!
Sturgeon survives kidnapping, stabbing, and wildfire. By Amelia Templeton, for Oregon Public Broadcasting
UK coast haven for seabirds becomes a marine protected area. From The Guardian.

Fun Science FRIEDay – The worlds largest sponge.

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Kersey Sturdivant

Recently a team of scientists on a deep sea expedition in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands aboard the R/V Okeanos Explorer made a monumental discovery… pun intended. While exploring the depths of the seafloor in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, with their remotely operated vehicles (ROV) Seirios and Deep Discover, they discovered and documented the largest sponge ever observed on this planet… or any planet for that matter.

Large hexactinellid sponge found in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Photo credit: NOAA’s Office of Exploration and Research)

Lateral view of a large hexactinellid sponge found in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
(Photo credit: NOAA’s Office of Exploration and Research)